Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
Agency overview
Formed	1967
Type	Executive non-departmental public body
Jurisdiction	Northern Ireland
Headquarters	Lissue Industrial Estate (East) 1A Lissue Walk, Lisburn
Agency executives	Joe Stewart, Chair; Colin Smith, Chief Executive;
Website	www.lmcni.com

Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Northern Ireland Executive.^[3] It promotes the red meat sector and markets the Protected Geographical Indication Comber New Potatoes, Armagh Bramley Apples, Lough Neagh Eels, Lough Neagh Pollan, Irish Cream, Irish Poteen, Irish Whiskey, Irish Grass-Fed Beef brands.^[4]

It was set up in 1967 to provide assurance to industry and consumers that animals produced for the food chain met certain standards.^[2]^[5]

References

^ "Members of the Board". Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Our Staff". Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "Livestock & Meat Commission". NI Direct. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ BBC (15 November 2023). "NI beef farmers to benefit from all-Ireland protected status". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 11 July 2024. At the time of the Republic of Ireland's application for 'Irish Grass-Fed Beef', Stormont's former agriculture minister Edwin Poots had asked his counterpart in the Republic to ensure Northern Ireland farmers benefited too.
^ Northern Ireland Parliament (1 August 1967). "Livestock Marketing Commission Act (Northern Ireland) 1967". legislation.gov.uk. National Archives. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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